Description

The popular Emerald Coast USA for 2015, a joint project with my son, is back,better than ever, with new and interesting features...

Welcome to Emerald Coast USA...

Deep in the southeastern United States lies the Emerald Coast. Just a few milesnorth, however, there is rich farmland. Now you can journey to this area andenjoy the farming experience for yourself. You begin with adequate equipment,but to work well you must become profitable and expand.

In this region forestry is just as big a business as arable farming. Therefore,a large managed forest dominates the northwestern hills of this map. Arablefarmland can be found in between the forest and the town, which is located inthe southern part of the map. All standard animals are available, with a sellpoint in town.

All of your farming supplies, such as fertilizer and seeds, must be bought intown. (no seed or fertilizer triggers at the farms) Fuel storage is availableon the farms, with a small amount to get you started, for more, use the bowserto refill from town. For those that prefer to fertilize using anhydrous ammoniathere is a dedicated sell point by the main highway.

There is plenty of work here, so enjoy farming in the Emerald Coast USA!

This map has all the default crops, including a large forest of pines for someserious forestry, and the map supports sugarcane

There is a modern grain system on the farm to store your produce until a betterprice comes along. 4 additional separate silo bins at various locations on thefar end of the map hold a specific crop and require an auger such as the largeFarm King to fill.

There are no unrealistic places to store grass or straw... as IRL you would baleit up and store it, there are sheds around the map where bales could be stored,in addition to 2 custom auto storage bale barns which store hay bales only.

- fermenting silos at the farm do not need compacting / will empty directly intofeed mixer / check status at console next to silo. (2 silos, accepts chaff and grass)

- get water at the lake for free / fertilizer/seeds sellpoint has bulk fertilizerand seed silos for half price / default seed trigger as well for filling smallseeders (regular price) and liquid fertilizer trigger (also regular price)Garden center has default fertilizer trigger for small spreaders or seeders (bluestorage container - regular price) Fuel available at the local gas station or atthe diner near the sawmill / Bulk sell point for fuel sells at near half price.

- Milk sale is stopped on this map... there is a fill trigger at the livestockfarm milk tank, sell at the dairy behind the general store.

- There is custom traffic on this map, edited for faster speed without tinkeringwith the game itself and messing up other maps... definitely do not pull out infront of them! Also, several vehicles are parked at various locations (duringthe work day) and leave at night.

- The fields all must be purchased except 5 which you start out with...Since the farmland in this area has been unused for a few years, some of thefields are in various states of disrepair... One field in particular has drainageissues, however, IT is priced to match the condition of the field...

- The dealer lot and lobby, the granary sellpoint, the fertilizer sellpoint andthe garden center, the sawmill, the dairy and the rootcrop sellpoint all havetimed gates which open at either 7:00 AM or 8:00AM and close at 6:00 PM... noentry is permitted into these areas before or after hours...

- The map is fully Seasons Mod ready... with a custom "snowmask" and all thefoliage layers change according to the seasons... Also, a custom GEO is built into this map to simulate realistic weather and growing conditions in this area...NO other GEO is needed [NOTE: It is intentional that some trees do NOT changecolors or die with the seasons... this simulates real trees in this area]

- This map incorporates the all new "dynamic mud" (based on the original mud modand modified by permission from the original author by reallogger) Without theSeasons Mod active, the mud will be "on" or "off" according to whether on not itis raining... With Seasons Mod active, the mud "comes alive" gradually gettingmuddier according to ground wetness... a few dry days in a row will "dry out"the muddier areas...

- This map also incorporates the all new "grazing mod" by reallogger... this mod"scans" the grass in the pasture area to fill the grass troughs automatically...With Seasons, this mod really comes alive, as there is no grass in winter and inearly spring, so you need to supplement the animals grass with hay bales... Alsocare is needed when placing a large number of animals into the pasture, as thegrass available in the pasture may not support them if too many animals are inthe pasture, just as in real life. Mowing of the pasture grass is disabled tobetter allow the grazing mod to function as it should.

- This map also incorporates the clip distance FPS mod by Ian898 of Frontier Designclip triggers are placed in the machine storage buildings around the map to helpreduce fps issues from having all your favorite, high detail mods parked in them...

- This map has chopped straw built in, no need for any additional mods...

NOTE: The starting vehicles xml includes the mod Sakundiak auger, needed for theunloading of the Brock wheat bin... and also includes the Shell fuel trailer fromthe Kotte Universal Pack V 1.0.0.6 (by Farmer_Andy) for the fueling of the compostmaster... these mods MUST be in the mod folder and activated at FIRST game startand save, other wise you would need to buy them at a later time.The FS17_kotteUniversalPack.zip can be found on marhu.net... the FS17_FarmKing.zipand the FS17_Sakundiak.zip augers can be found at americaneaglesmodding.com

Disclaimer: this is a highly detailed map, using many different scenery objectsand several custom foliage layers to achieve visual realism, and as such willrequire a strong, high spec PC to run... especially if you have many mods on thefarm. The only solution to this issue is to not use any mods and/or turn thesettings down. Additionally, to avoid unforeseen issues and conflicts, please haveONLY this map in the mod folder as having multiple maps in the folder will causeissues as the game loads all the scripts from all the maps, including the activeone...

This will be the only version of the map, unless someone finds a game breakingbug, shouldn't since it's been fully tested. However, any things you don't like orwould like to be improved will have to be for your own private editions.

Happy farming!

Notice: Since this map will end up being uploaded everywhere, no matter my wishes,please at least include the ENTIRE description and CREDITS when you do... by doingthis, you show respect for all the hard work of the great many modders whose workgoes into maps such as this one...

Testing & quality

Perfect

This mod has been tested by gnftr04, a volunteer within our community.

The test report will give you a good idea of how well this mod works, but some small issues could have been missed.